CMUcam II and competition lighting environments

[Billfred]

Just as an idea--is there a way to set up at the venue a "Tetra-Rama" near the field where teams can calibrate their CMUcam with the honest-to-goodness tetras in the lighting of the arena?

Sometimes there's just no substitute for the real thing.

[russell]

I am guessing that they are going to do just that. I also dont really understand how the cameras work but couldnt they just post the values on the field? Or does it vary between cameras?

[Adam Krajewski]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Just as an idea--is there a way to set up at the venue a "Tetra-Rama" near the field where teams can calibrate their CMUcam with the honest-to-goodness tetras in the lighting of the arena?

Sometimes there's just no substitute for the real thing.

Calibration numbers will be provided by FIRST per this post: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=19

[dlavery]

OK, so I asked Steve Sargeant (the guy responsible for the lighting at all the regional competition events) exactly what the lighting set up will be at the events. He just responded that they are planning to use quartz halogen light arrays at the events, at least 85 foot candles, with a color temperature of 3200 Kelvin. So the original recommendation to use a pair of 500 watt halogen lights to set up your development environment to test the CMUcam II is still good. It should put you right where you want to be in terms of the typical lighting that will be at the regional competition.

-dave